[66 L78 ragtop]

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Orlando. The orig owner has been located. The orig selling dealer has been located. Warren has since looked in the right file and found where it was sold to Fred Gibb. It is well remembered by Gibb employee etc. Orig owner drag raced it. He even let Dick Harrell drive it to compare ET's. Great car that was missed by several people based on missing info that has been found.

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Charlie,

I did a little digging around and found that the black/red yenko was indeed sold from Fred Gibb Chevrolet. I must say that I was grossly misinformed...the dynamics as to how and why I was misinformed is pretty much a moot point at this time as the car is now with its new owner. From what I hear, looks like it is going to undergo a well deserved restoration.

As a side note, found some infomation that I thought was pretty interesting. As most people know, Don Yenko ordered many of his cars via fleet orders. Some were ordered as COPOs. The cars that received the 427 conversions however, were assigned YS#s while those that were not converted did not recieve YS#s (regardless if they were ordered from yenko chevrolet via a fleet/or COPO order).

The extent of the conversions varied depending on what the buyer wanted, hence the wide range of "conversion prices" Adding to the wide range of "conversion prices" was the fact that Don Yenko frequently conducted "side deals" with other dealerships and or private buyers that somethimes dramatically affected the selling price reflected on paper.

The crux of it all is that a YS# is needed to verify a 427 converted car. A simple fleet code or COPO order on a yenko sold car does not confirm a conversion.

In addition, the dollar amount on the yenko paperwork essentially has little to no correlation as to whether or not a car was converted.

It all boils down obtaining authentic paperwork verifying a legitimately assigned YS#.

Anyhow, wish I would of had this info early on!!